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the right has been saying president obama and his health law are dead for weeks. months, years. but guess what. both are still here. today the national journal writes about president obama's resilience. can obama recover? he did already. joining me now is the reporter with that story, national journal political correspondent alex sikes wald and james peterson, professor at lehigh university. thank you for being here. alex, your piece is about the president recovering. tell us what you noticed. >> if i had a dollar for every time somebody said obama or obama care is doomed, i could pay for the website rebuild myself. you know, at every stage when scott brown got re-elected, everyone was sure obama care was done. when the tea party came, everybody said obama care was done. obama himself, from controversies like the irs to when he criticized the arrest of henry lewis gates, he's been done. and he continued. this should be no surprise to anyone who's paid attention to history. bill clinton emerged from an impeachment scandal with the highest approval rating of his career. he's the p
the right has been saying president obama and his health law are dead for weeks. months, years. but guess what. both are still here. today the national journal writes about president obama's resilience. can obama recover? he did already. joining me now is the reporter with that story, national journal political correspondent alex sikes wald and james peterson, professor at lehigh university. thank you for being here. alex, your piece is about the president recovering. tell us what you noticed....
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that have been friendly to south africa over the years, if not the united states entirely. we'll also hear from several of nelson mandela's grandchildren and one of the other prisoners with him. and we'll see quite a spectacle that will be watched by millions around the world. >> absolutely. that sounds remarkable. ron allen, thank you very much for your reporting. stay safe. ahead, the impact of mandela's legacy on our own politics and policy in top lines. first, before departing for south africa, the president honored some of the most respected names in performing arts. it's an evening they surely will not forget. >> when a 22-year-old carlos santana took the stage at wood stock, few people outside his hometown of san francisco into who he was. and the feeling was mutual. carlos was in such a, shall we say, altered state of mind, that he remembers almost nothing about the performance. a can of del monte green beans? ♪ ♪ if i was a flower growing wild and free ♪ ♪ all i'd want is you to be my sweet honeybee ♪ ♪ and if was a tree growing tall and green ♪ ♪ a
that have been friendly to south africa over the years, if not the united states entirely. we'll also hear from several of nelson mandela's grandchildren and one of the other prisoners with him. and we'll see quite a spectacle that will be watched by millions around the world. >> absolutely. that sounds remarkable. ron allen, thank you very much for your reporting. stay safe. ahead, the impact of mandela's legacy on our own politics and policy in top lines. first, before departing for...
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and for the last five years obama did talk about a grand bargain. the republicans tried to meet him halfway. i think the shutdown changed everything. it was such a debacle for the republican party. you know, they had embraced this sort of sabotage approach to nongovernance. i think the assumption was they weren't going to do that again in january. but what they're going to do, what they're going to agree to do, barely there. this mini thing that will get us a few extra months. it's sad this is sort of the state of, quote, budget negotiations. but as obama and democrats have found, when you're negotiating with people who aren't particularly persuadable on anything, you're lucky if you can use sort of a up and down-aid like that. >> kiki, just on the politics of that, i think eric makes a great point. if i'm john boehner and i'm anybody, frankly in the leadership in the republican party, part of my concern is, we've got to have something that i know we are not going to shut the government down over. >> that's right. >> because they know they just cann
and for the last five years obama did talk about a grand bargain. the republicans tried to meet him halfway. i think the shutdown changed everything. it was such a debacle for the republican party. you know, they had embraced this sort of sabotage approach to nongovernance. i think the assumption was they weren't going to do that again in january. but what they're going to do, what they're going to agree to do, barely there. this mini thing that will get us a few extra months. it's sad this is...
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put the obama administration in perspective one year into his first term. how -- just how bad or how well -- how is he doing? >> he had a bad 2013, even if things recover in december. but as you said, the story of presidencies is a cycle of, you know, political fortunes. >> boom and bust. >> you're down, then you're up. you're down and then you're up. and the only thing that really matters is if you're in a down part of the cycle right before an election. so barack obama doesn't have to face the voters anymore. so a lot of this talk about where he stands in the polls is only relevant if it actually leads to defections among democrats. the republicans already oppose him. if his low poll numbers cause democrats to head for the hills, that's when we should start saying it's really significant. so far, that hasn't happened. so the consequences of his low poll numbers are not yet serious. that doesn't mean they might not get serious in the new year if they can't get their act together on the website. if they do get their act together and these patches work, we d
put the obama administration in perspective one year into his first term. how -- just how bad or how well -- how is he doing? >> he had a bad 2013, even if things recover in december. but as you said, the story of presidencies is a cycle of, you know, political fortunes. >> boom and bust. >> you're down, then you're up. you're down and then you're up. and the only thing that really matters is if you're in a down part of the cycle right before an election. so barack obama...
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care would be in year one. that estimate was done, obviously, before the website spent two months being broken. so there is what was underlying that estimate is over. it's not going to happen. but back when -- in june and may when i spoke to the obama administration about how they thought about zubsuccess, they not use seven million number. they did not say getting seven million and one million was young and healthy. success was all about getting this right, getting the ratios right so the premiums would be low enough that over the first two or three years it would be a good deal and people would come in. so the important thing for the administration is not seven million versus five million versus nine million. it's how many of them are young and healthy. they need about 40% in order to keep premiums at the levels they want them. >> and to that point, there was a recent gallup poll. 37% of americans under 30 are the least familiar with the health care law. more than any other age group. and obviously we've talk
care would be in year one. that estimate was done, obviously, before the website spent two months being broken. so there is what was underlying that estimate is over. it's not going to happen. but back when -- in june and may when i spoke to the obama administration about how they thought about zubsuccess, they not use seven million number. they did not say getting seven million and one million was young and healthy. success was all about getting this right, getting the ratios right so the...
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fls, late last night, president obama signed a ten-year extension of the undetectible firearms act. a ban on plastic guns at a can evade security measures. there are some concerns on it doesn't could have everything, like 3d printers. there was one more task getting both chambers to agree on a budget for the first time since before the president took office. dana milbank is here to help us shovel through the snow. how are you doing, buddy? >> i've managed to get in the studio through the inch deep snow. >> nobody cares about 4 inches of snow. >> i want to get you people say wall street wins and banks own the senate and i'm critical of a lot of pieces of that. what we know right now, it looks like this thing is coming in to home plate with a victory and real restriction on the banks playing with other people's money. >> well, i don't know if you can transition from basketball to baseball just like that. but whatever sport it is you're doing, this is a surprise. and because i think, in a sense it's because congress really didn't have to do anything. this is all based on dodd frank. th
fls, late last night, president obama signed a ten-year extension of the undetectible firearms act. a ban on plastic guns at a can evade security measures. there are some concerns on it doesn't could have everything, like 3d printers. there was one more task getting both chambers to agree on a budget for the first time since before the president took office. dana milbank is here to help us shovel through the snow. how are you doing, buddy? >> i've managed to get in the studio through the...
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and, you know, in a few years, i hope that all of you in the media like yourself and others will make sure that all of the footage is being, you know, put in a library away. in a few years if you play back what many of these people are saying and report on all the distortions that were going on, another generation will laugh and say what kind of people were they? look, insurance is as was said earlier, it's very personal. and they're making up things as they go. and the closer we get -- and this is a sign things are getting better -- the closer we get the more distortions we're going to see. the more things like the united states is moving its embassy out of the vatican. i mean, that thing is going to go more and more and more because it is working. 7.1 million seniors saw the doughnut hole close. that's $8.3 billion. >> richard, it goes back to your point you can't spend either way if something is working. for example, when the president talks about as he did today, specific people that the law has helped, let me play this for you. this the kind of stuff you can't make up or you can'
and, you know, in a few years, i hope that all of you in the media like yourself and others will make sure that all of the footage is being, you know, put in a library away. in a few years if you play back what many of these people are saying and report on all the distortions that were going on, another generation will laugh and say what kind of people were they? look, insurance is as was said earlier, it's very personal. and they're making up things as they go. and the closer we get -- and...
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. >> how do you explain the top 1% is outpacing by seven times -- >> how many years during obama's term did they have exactly what this is? >> believe it or not, president obama is wrong. he has widened the income gap but in a good way, bob. in a good way. one percentage going up 34% and 99% going up 4% and that's a good thing. incoming equality is a misnomer. if the rising tide is raising all boats that's a great thing. >> how can you say in 15 years the top 1% increase in income and the middle class, the same 15 years is 40%. do you think that's equal? >> he's saying it's going up. the numbers are rising up. >> i'm saying it's better for everyone when this happens. >> the rich people get richer. >> and the poor people get richer. >> let me get greg in here first. >> this argument about wealth or income inequality is bogus because it's not about class or income, it's about age. the population is getting older. a 65-year-old has 15 times the wealth as somebody under 35. how does that happen? because as you get older you make more money. i am 49 and i make a lot more money than i did whe
. >> how do you explain the top 1% is outpacing by seven times -- >> how many years during obama's term did they have exactly what this is? >> believe it or not, president obama is wrong. he has widened the income gap but in a good way, bob. in a good way. one percentage going up 34% and 99% going up 4% and that's a good thing. incoming equality is a misnomer. if the rising tide is raising all boats that's a great thing. >> how can you say in 15 years the top 1% increase...
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i think that broader symbolism meant a lot to president obama. >> there have been for several years now of course a number of comparisons made between nelson mandela and president obama. "the washington post" characterized how the president in the past has dealt with those comparisons saying in part, quote, the american president regularly shied from direct comparisons with mr. mandela. mr. obama often noted privately and publicly that his sacrifices would never compare to mr. mandela's. aide to mr. obama said he was uncomfortable when people drew parallels between them as often as they did. this is from "the new york time times", not "the washington post." i apologize. how fair are those comparisons? they are inevitable and now we're going to continue to read and hear more about them over the next few days and weeks. how fair are they? >> it depends on which mr. mandela you're talking about. >> and which mr. obama you're talking about. >> one of the things that we talk about is mr. mandela as a tremendous humanitarian leader and so on. and he really was. but he was also a politician. a
i think that broader symbolism meant a lot to president obama. >> there have been for several years now of course a number of comparisons made between nelson mandela and president obama. "the washington post" characterized how the president in the past has dealt with those comparisons saying in part, quote, the american president regularly shied from direct comparisons with mr. mandela. mr. obama often noted privately and publicly that his sacrifices would never compare to mr....
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under president obama, four years obama's economy he's created 1.4 million jobs. get this. 927,000 of those jobs are part-time jobs, leaving only 46 0,000 jobs in four year. during that same period of time, check this out, 11 million people have left the workforce. you do the math. if that's success, i hate to see what failure is. >> oh, yeah. >> look at bob, snoring, stretching, burping. >> gee, that was interesting, eric. >> thank you, bob. >> so, something happened over the weekend you may not have have heard about but you can participate, freedom. ukrainian brothers and sisters who peacefully protested in kiev over the weekend because their government to try to move them away from europe closer to a russian position. that's not what the people of ukraine want. there's a twitter hash tag, euromaiden. the white house has to use diplomatic language but if you care about freedom and as americans you can show your support through twitter, euromaiden. help them. don't help putin. >> it's a hard story because it's complicated. >> it's complicated but i try to tackle
under president obama, four years obama's economy he's created 1.4 million jobs. get this. 927,000 of those jobs are part-time jobs, leaving only 46 0,000 jobs in four year. during that same period of time, check this out, 11 million people have left the workforce. you do the math. if that's success, i hate to see what failure is. >> oh, yeah. >> look at bob, snoring, stretching, burping. >> gee, that was interesting, eric. >> thank you, bob. >> so, something...
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under president obama, four years obama's economy, he's created 1.4 million jobs. 927,000 of those jobs are part-time jobs, leaving only 456,000 jobs in four years and during that same period of time, check this out, 11 million people left the workforce, given up, guys. you do the math. if that's success, i hate to see what failure is. >> oh, yeah. >> bob snoring, stretching, burping. >> that was interesting. >> thank you, eric. >>> something happened over the weekend you might not have heard about but you can help participate for people who care about freedom. ukrainian brothers and sisters who peacefully protested in the ukraine today in kiev over the weekend because their government tried to move them away from europe and closer to a russian position. that is not what the people of ukraine want. there is a twitter hash tag, #euromaiden. i understand they're in a tough spot, they have to use diplomatic language about fostering a better environment. but if you care about freedom, you can show your support through twitter, #euromaiden. call anybody, try to help them, don't help putin. >
under president obama, four years obama's economy, he's created 1.4 million jobs. 927,000 of those jobs are part-time jobs, leaving only 456,000 jobs in four years and during that same period of time, check this out, 11 million people left the workforce, given up, guys. you do the math. if that's success, i hate to see what failure is. >> oh, yeah. >> bob snoring, stretching, burping. >> that was interesting. >> thank you, eric. >>> something happened over the...
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president obama met with kathleen sebelius once in the past three and a half years. this according to government accountability institute president peter switzer. last night on "hannity" switzer says the president's treatment of sebelius has been unfair. >> the launch of obseramacare h been a disaster. to a certain extent they are leaving sebelius out there to kind of dry, hang out on her own. >> despite being left high and dry some
president obama met with kathleen sebelius once in the past three and a half years. this according to government accountability institute president peter switzer. last night on "hannity" switzer says the president's treatment of sebelius has been unfair. >> the launch of obseramacare h been a disaster. to a certain extent they are leaving sebelius out there to kind of dry, hang out on her own. >> despite being left high and dry some
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it will drive young people away from obama care. they will not do it. >> they will run screaming like from a burning building, greg. how come you didn't have that line written down. >> when we were told the old plans were worse. the new plans are worse than the old plans. this is surprising to obama that this is so bad. but everything government touches becomes 10% as as before. it is a confidence removal machine. obama care is the taco bell of democracy. >> why are you talking about taco bell. >> you are stuck in one place for white a -- a while. >> no one can get into the bathroom around here. and dana, how do they clean up this message? if you are jay carney, are you crying with your blankie in the corner begging for your mom to help you. >> well here with go with another week of these type of problems. but the communications problems are deeper, i think they are policy problems. but he is honest, but four years late. if he had said that -- mic, i'm sorry, that is my mic. emanuel and the president, if he had said that during the
it will drive young people away from obama care. they will not do it. >> they will run screaming like from a burning building, greg. how come you didn't have that line written down. >> when we were told the old plans were worse. the new plans are worse than the old plans. this is surprising to obama that this is so bad. but everything government touches becomes 10% as as before. it is a confidence removal machine. obama care is the taco bell of democracy. >> why are you...
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the other thing, you have obama condemning inequality after running the country for five years. that's like a citizen complaining of graffiti as he holds a can of spray paint. >> wait a minute -- >> that's what i don't understand -- >> -- 20,000 jobs, construction added about 30,000 jobs -- >> this month, this month, bob, under president obama, and these are also at the bls.gov, go right there. 75% of all the jobs president obama's created, he's created 1.5 million job, 75% of those, part time. >> you keep saying he created those jobs. i keep saying his job creation started when he issued the stimulus -- >> the obama recovery -- >> the fact is, we're -- >> they even admit that. >> from the bush administration? >> what has he been able to accomplish while he's in office? >> saved us from a depression. >> they've actually had -- the government statistic, bear that out -- >> they kept us from a depression. >> you know where the real wealth gap is, it's in d.c. that wealth gap is so large, michael moore could waddle through it. >> interesting thing the administration can take credit
the other thing, you have obama condemning inequality after running the country for five years. that's like a citizen complaining of graffiti as he holds a can of spray paint. >> wait a minute -- >> that's what i don't understand -- >> -- 20,000 jobs, construction added about 30,000 jobs -- >> this month, this month, bob, under president obama, and these are also at the bls.gov, go right there. 75% of all the jobs president obama's created, he's created 1.5 million job,...
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president obama does not believe obamacare is unconstitutional. he believes it's fantastic. he just thinks as a matter of policy and as a matter of politics it serves his purposes to defer parts of it for a year and to interpret parts of it which the text won't allow. it might superficially look a bit like president bush did. it's equally quite different no constitutional rationale for it. >> professor, thank you as always. >> good to be with you. >> no doubt about it, the obamacare rollout is a giant mess. what do the big problems with the president's healthcare law say about big government? co-host of the five and -- dana nice to see you. >> thank thank you for having m. >> big government was supposed to solve problems for healthcare. a lot of people enormously unhappy with it. is this a bigger signal about big government? >> i think that if you stay involved in politics long enough, you live to see the cycles of liberalism is dead and conservatism is dead or conservative is up and liberalism is down. great american experiment as to how much of a role government should hav
president obama does not believe obamacare is unconstitutional. he believes it's fantastic. he just thinks as a matter of policy and as a matter of politics it serves his purposes to defer parts of it for a year and to interpret parts of it which the text won't allow. it might superficially look a bit like president bush did. it's equally quite different no constitutional rationale for it. >> professor, thank you as always. >> good to be with you. >> no doubt about it, the...
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four years of planning that they knew about, they're so political, they're so worried about his candidacy, that he can't even get the policy right. >> three weeks to get what they couldn't get right in three years? and i took this speech as just a political speech to the democrats. i mean, that's who he was speaking to, right? >> how about a couple of facts for the factually challenged liberals tuesday edition. two big facts came out today. liberals in initial. maybe some at this table. number one, the irs found out today, the department of treasury came out and said -- who oversees the irs, came out and said, we have no way of knowing if people will commit fraud on their 1040 when they say they deserve a tax credit for obama care. so you can go ahead and put it on your 1040 and say i deserve a credit, i'm going to take taxes off right here and they have no way of checking it. their computers don't do it. also, once they find out you've done something wrong, they have no teeth to penalize you. they can only say don't do that any more. that's the first fact that came out today. the other o
four years of planning that they knew about, they're so political, they're so worried about his candidacy, that he can't even get the policy right. >> three weeks to get what they couldn't get right in three years? and i took this speech as just a political speech to the democrats. i mean, that's who he was speaking to, right? >> how about a couple of facts for the factually challenged liberals tuesday edition. two big facts came out today. liberals in initial. maybe some at this...
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they're 26 years. so they're not going to even buy into this. this is a problem with the lack of funding and economic support and framework for this which is why it's going to be a huge problem for the rest of us because those little healthy youngin's still living at home getting baloney sandwiches, they're not buying any of this. so they're not going to log on no matter how many phony commercials you put forward to lure them into this nasty trap. >> speaking of baloney sandwich, bob -- >> first of all, you know the reason they're home getting that insurance is because of obama care. that's part of obama care. you know that, right? >> the point is he's not going to get their dollars and cents. >> that's correct. >> so this whole little framework that he's made, this house of cards, isn't going to stand up, bob. that's the problem. where's the money coming from? >> bring your ideas down. and i say yes, sir, brothers. bring your ideas down. come to the table. bring your things -- eric, you come on down h
they're 26 years. so they're not going to even buy into this. this is a problem with the lack of funding and economic support and framework for this which is why it's going to be a huge problem for the rest of us because those little healthy youngin's still living at home getting baloney sandwiches, they're not buying any of this. so they're not going to log on no matter how many phony commercials you put forward to lure them into this nasty trap. >> speaking of baloney sandwich, bob --...
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well didn't she wear the ballot with the vote check on obama. and how many people voted for obama? >> 60 million. so that means 250 million did not? >> no. eric, you can't vote if you are 3 years old. i know you like to have that right. by the way, i never heard of her before. she's a good looking broad. >> i like her. i think it is weird that she knows -- everybody knows her parents are republican. i think that is close minded. >> i thought that was disgusting. >> it is disgusting. >> and the more i talk to liberals, the more i feel i'm right in my conservative views. >> can we run that again so i can decide if -- no, the other one. keep going to a couple of others there. >> the green dress. >> there is another one. >> they took the banner down. >> we're building up bob's mental bank for later. >> thank you very much. >>> and a snow ball fight leads to the suspension of one college playir and other members of his team could be in trouble as well. all for throwing a little snow. we'll show you the video. >>> what does that mean? >>> we've been known to take down some college profes
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for 26 years. there was images of the president bringing his wife and two young daughters to talk to them about the legacy and refler reflect on hit. >> we got a message from george bush. it says barbara and i have had the privilege to know. as president i watched in wonder as mandela had the remarkable capacity to forgive jailers following 26 years of wrongful imprisonment setting redemths and grace for us all. he was a man of tremendous courage who changed the course of history in his country. barbara and i, he write, had great respect for president mandela and send condolences for his family and country men. this from the far corners of the world like we might receive for few others on this planet. >> when you mention that about former president bush 41 saying nelson mandela was kind even to jailers that kept him in prison 27 years. bush said before he thought it was incredible one of the jailers became an adviser, security official to mandela when he later became president. mandela thought it w
for 26 years. there was images of the president bringing his wife and two young daughters to talk to them about the legacy and refler reflect on hit. >> we got a message from george bush. it says barbara and i have had the privilege to know. as president i watched in wonder as mandela had the remarkable capacity to forgive jailers following 26 years of wrongful imprisonment setting redemths and grace for us all. he was a man of tremendous courage who changed the course of history in his...
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i think that first year after re-election is the time to get a lot done. >> reporter: obama was unable to, and with the window closing on his chance for second term achievements, democratic sources tell cnn podesta's expertise is much needed. as president clinton's disciplined chief of staff, podesta guided that white house through a sex scandal, impeachment and a war in kosovo. he was known for cracking the whip. one former clinton colleague telling cnn his co-workers made him a name plate. on one side, john d.podesta. when he would lay into other aides, he or they would often turn the name plate around to reveal skippy, the nickname for podesta's hard as nails alter ego. it's openly known, even democratic sources will tell you that president obama's relations with capitol hill are not very good, be it with democrats whose support he needs on health care reform, or republicans whose help he will need if he is to tackle immigration reform. to that end, podesta will be key. he knows the senate very well. he was the chief of staff to patrick leahy, who is the longest serving not only dem
i think that first year after re-election is the time to get a lot done. >> reporter: obama was unable to, and with the window closing on his chance for second term achievements, democratic sources tell cnn podesta's expertise is much needed. as president clinton's disciplined chief of staff, podesta guided that white house through a sex scandal, impeachment and a war in kosovo. he was known for cracking the whip. one former clinton colleague telling cnn his co-workers made him a name...
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take it easy, obama care fans and foes. i'm talking about repealing prohibition. it ended 80 years ago this hour. cheers! i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." >>> the world lead. it's the city where terrorists attacked and killed a u.s. ambassador and three other americans more than a year ago. today, another u.s. citizen has been slain in benghazi, libya. who was ronald thomas smith ii? can his family expect justice? >>> the national lead. with his son's suicide, this has been the worst year of pastor rick warren's life but he has relied on his faith to get through it. pastor warren joins us live to share his theory that faith can lighten the burden not only on your soul but on your health. >>> and the politics lead. how to talk to a woman. no, it's not a book full of cheesy pick-up lines. it's a crash course for the men of the republican party. they are getting tips on communicating with female voters. lesson one, lose the idiotic remarks about rape. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we begin with the world lead. ronnie smith, an
take it easy, obama care fans and foes. i'm talking about repealing prohibition. it ended 80 years ago this hour. cheers! i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." >>> the world lead. it's the city where terrorists attacked and killed a u.s. ambassador and three other americans more than a year ago. today, another u.s. citizen has been slain in benghazi, libya. who was ronald thomas smith ii? can his family expect justice? >>> the national lead. with his son's suicide,...